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. 2013 Feb 26;14:29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-29

Table 4.

Demographic characteristics and health risk behaviour of responders and non-responders to online risk estimation

 
Completed online risk estimation
P value
  Yes (n = 274) No (n = 177)  
Age
 
 
 
40-45 yr
27.3%
29.6%
0.83
46-50 yr
13.1%
12.5%
 
51-55 yr
24.8%
27.3%
 
56-60 yr
22.5%
19.3%
 
61-65 yr
18.5%
15.3%
 
66-70 yr
2.9%
4.0%
 
> 70 yr
4.0%
4.5%
 
Gender
 
 
 
Male
32.5%
39.2%
0.15
Female
67.5%
60.8%
 
Marital status
 
 
 
Single
14.6%
22.2%
0.12
Partner, not living together
3.3%
2.8%
 
Married and/or living together
82.1%
75.0%
 
Level of education
 
 
 
Low
22.8%
28.9%
0.33
Middle
50.0%
47.4%
 
High
27.2%
23.7%
 
Ethnicity
 
 
 
Dutch
83.1%
87.5%
0.37
Western immigrant
9.9%
6.25%
 
Non-western immigrant
7.0%
6.25%
 
Smoking
 
 
 
Current smoker
16.8%
22.6%
0.18
Former smoker
43.1%
35.6%
 
Never smoker
40.1%
41.8%
 
Physical activity recommendation
 
 
 
Inactive lifestyle
3.7%
5.2%
0.69
Moderately active lifestyle
53.1%
54.1%
 
Active lifestyle
43.2%
40.7%
 
Body mass index (BMI)
 
 
 
Underweight
4.8%
7.5%
0.11
Optimal weight
45.8%
40.5%
 
Overweight
40.2%
36.4%
 
Obesity
9.2%
15.6%
 
Alcohol use >6 units/day
 
 
 
Never
65.6%
49.4%
<0.001
Seldom
21.6%
21.6%
 
Sometimes
9.9%
21.6%
 
Often
2.9%
7.4%
 
History of high blood glucose or diabetes
8.9%
3.5%
0.03
Family history of diabetes
31.4%
24.6%
0.12
Family history of cardiovascular disease 33.7% 29.0% 0.29